Persian Clothing

Photos and descriptio ns of a "Mongo l Silk Lampas Weave Robe" sold by Christies in 2001.

Basic drafting instructio ns for salwar, pants. With some background into researchin g the style.

Includes articles on Maghribi and Andalusi costume; Persian and Ottoman clothing patterns; Mamluk textile and costume items; some 9th-14th century Islamic textiles; and medieval Egyptian knitting.

Based on an extant garment dated to the last quarter of the 16th century, though this type of garment was in style from about 1300 to 1620. Both men and women wore this style of garment as an outer covering.

A pattern and method of construction for a Persian man's hat.

Includes photographs of art, surviving embroidered textiles and a bibliography. Analyzes garments and textiles in illustrations for ideas on textile ornamentation.

Photos and description of an extant embroidered tunic. Additional photos and description of the same item are available at http://www.geocities.com/anahita_whitehorse/kamiz.html

The diagram is based upon an extant garment shown in 'Lost Treasures of Persia&#39 ;. In the photo, the garment is shown from the back, laid out flat. Front details are conjectura l, based upon garments painted in miniature paintings of that period and locale. This particular caftan is dated at last quarter of sixteenth century, though this type of garment was in style from about 1300 to 1620.

Photos of extant art, garments, line drawaing & bibliography.

Patterns and drawings many Persian garments, from illustrations and/or extant examples, from the 14th-16th centuries.

An overview of extant pirihan from examples that have appeared online with directions to create one with a custom fit.

This pattern is based upon extant Turkish garments in the Topkapi museum, along with patterns for similar pants shown in Tilke. It is appropriat e for Persian costumes from about 1300 to 1620. I have used a loom-width economy method of cutting since it is so easily adapted for this style of pants and gives the correct fullness.

Also online at sca.berkeley.edu/garment_pattern/turkish_salwar.html and www.feoragdubh.eastkingdom.org/Patterns/salwar.gif .

Discusses some prevalent (and erroneous) beliefs about the clothing and cultures of the Near East.

I've heard people with Near Eastern personae in the SCA say that clothing that looks historically accurate is too difficult or too expensive to make, or that expecting people to make historically accurate Near Eastern clothing is elitist, and besides, historically accurate clothing is ugly.

I've heard people who want to enjoy the clothing, food, and music of the Near East but were uncomfortable portraying someone whose religion was different than their own.

I've heard people come up with really bizarre persona stories to explain why they are a pale-skinned and light haired Near Easterner.

Well, folks, it doesn't have to be that way ...

Discusses Persian persona, history, and costume.

A searchable catalog of surviving garments from Europe and the Mediterranean from the dawn of time up through approximately 1500.